Machine for forming tatting braidi



H. H. WEST.

MACHINE FOR FORMING TATTING BRAID.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3| |918.

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H. H. WEST.

MACHINE FOR FORNHNG TATTING BRAID.

APPLICATION FILED JuLv 3,1918.

1,3 13,439. Patented Aug. 19,1919.

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MACHINE FOR FORI/IIN@ IAITING BRAID.

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H. H. WEST.

MACHINE FOR FUHMING TMTING BRAIU.

APPLlcATsoN FILED JULY 3.1918. 1,313,439, Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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APPUCATION FILED JULY 3,1918.

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MACHINE FOR FORMING TATTING BRAM.

APPLICATION F`ILED JULY 3 |918. i'

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' Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

'im mi! mum!" f me/Moz A l @5f man HARRY H. 'W'IS 0l? PLYMOUTH, E'NNSYLVANA.

.i JIACINE F0333 FORMING TATTNG-BRAD Seeieaton of Letters Patent.

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Application iled July 3, 1915i. Serial No. 243,167.

ever-, i'ieseription of the invention, sneh is ivbl enehle others skilled in ille art to nihiicir ,pertains to make and lise the saine.

Vxrevision oi a machine which n'ill maine es ileie the rapifl 'production of tatting, the resent machine sewing to torni a chain .of interloogiefl loops which may he ('onnee'tefl ai; lixgitnilinelly spfieed points to 'Forni the rings oi the tatting. and these rings may he 'in tnrn eonneeted in ninnerons nays to i'roflnffe fiiterent designs. in carin/ing ont this enil., a thread nhieh il terni a body thread supported between two points. a shni'i'le passed alternately over and ninler this hotly thread to loop the slint'le thriinl sronnfl the saine, and sairl shuttle thread is loopeil in 'the path oli the shuttle to canse .interli)opine of the several loops passed aronnfl the hoiljy thread.

Fnrther objet-ts are to provide 'for the antoniatie raising and lowering of the shuttle te pass it iii-st over and then niederV the hed): thread, and to make provision for allowing the shnftle to more iireelj.r across the l'ieely thread without (langer of breaking the le. tei'.

nYet another object is to provide novel` ti 'eail inaniipnlating;` means for looping the eacl alternati-lj.' np and down in the path, oi the slinltle.

A still 'lilnther eojeet is to provide a hifi/lil)v eleient and rlnrahle. vet a simple pleinentecl by the accompanying drawings 'I which forni a part of this'speeilieation and in which:

.Figure 'i is a side elevation, partly in seetien, o trthe machine;

(lo (lr-' verse ser-tions on the y invention has for its principal oiijeet Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section en. the plane indicated by the line 2 2 o lfiir. l;

liiggs. 3 and i are horizontal sections en the planes indicated by the lines 3--3 ainl 4*4 respeetively of Fig'. l;

Figs. and 6 are 'letail vertical transf lanes des1gnated by the lines 5 5 and 6--6 of Fig. l;

Fig. T a view siinilarto Fig, l but` illustrating a iliierent position of parts;4

Fig. 8 is a transverse section oi Fig. 7 on the plane ot' the line 5%-8 thereof showing` more elearly the positions of the thread manipulating arins;

Figi. E) is a 'fragmentary View similar to ,Fien 7 lint illustrating still another stage in the operation ot' the lnaelline;

Fin: lf) a transverse section of Fig. 9 on the plane of the line ]()l0 thereof;

Fig. ll discloses a further phase in the operation o the machine; y

Figi. 12 is a transverse section on the plane o1 the line 12-12 of Fig. ll;

Fig. i3 is a view iilentiral with Fig. 11 with the exception that it discloses themanner in which one ot the thread nianipnlating larms forces laterally on the thread to tight-en a previously foi-ined loop;

Fim 14 is a vertical seetion on line lil-MY ot Fig. 125; 1

lf'ig. '15 is a side elevation similar to those above(leseriheil lint showing;r different jiosition of parts; 1 i

lille'. ll is a transverse seetienen the plane of the line l (3--1 (3 of Figf5;

Figs. 17 and 1S are siile elevations showing still other stages oi" the operation;

Fig. 19 is ay side elevation ol the cam drnni;

Fig. 2() an' :21, 22. sections on the flesse. seas Fig. '19;

Figi". is an elevation ol the loraid prolin-eil hy the maehine;

Fig. 2G is a top plan view of the shuttle;

Fig. 2T is a si le elevation thereof;

Figs. 28 and 29 are respeel'ively vertical longilntlinal anil verlieal horizontal Sections on the planes inilieated h v the lilies 28-28 ot Fig. 27 and 2i) 29 of Fig. 2G;

Figs. 30 and 3l are transverse sections on the planes of the lines 30-30 and 31-3l Of Fig. 29;

end elevation thereof;

23 and 24 are transverse planes et' the lines 21-21. and 2jr-24 respectively of 1e Fig.' "36 isa detail longitudinal section of a portion ofthe shuttle and a side elevatron ofa portion of the shuttle lholding means;

` l Fig. 32 a sidey elevation ofthe thread manipulating means for looping the shuttle thread upwardly;

' Fig. 33 is a horizontal lsectionvon the line 33-33 of Fig, 32;

Fig. 34's aside elevation of the manipu- '.lating-means for looping'the thread downwardly; A A Fig. 35is a horizontal section on the line B5-35 of F-ig-34;

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of the line 37-37 of Fig. 36.l Briefly speaking, the present machine con- I sists of means for supporting a body thread,

` thereof and movable rever'sely across the body thread at its other side, means for opy 'eratingthe shuttlein the required manner,

feeding means for the thread, a shuttle movable across said body thread at one side and thread manipulating arms for looping the shuttle thread in the path ofthe shuttle. The machine may be specifically described as follows: r'

i, A table 1 is supported on legs or the like 1 2 and is shown provided at one end with a' pair of supports 3 having eyes f1 to receive the body thread B, said supports beingv prefg erably though not necessarily sov located 4as to vposition-the thread B obliquely of the table 1. The-supports 3 are located'adjacent one endof the table and a bracket v5 rises from the other end thereof, one end 0f a vertically swinging carriage support 6 being p'ivoted at 7 to said bracket. v The sup# port 6 is provided adjacent itsupper edge with a longitudinal track 8 and vnear its 4lower-edge with flanged rollers 9, said track and rollers slidably supporting a horiZon-' tally elongated carriage plate 10 for the shuttle 11. A vertical push rod 12 slides through a guide 13l on the 'i able 1 and isprovided at its lower end with aroller v14 coacting with a cam 15on'a cam drum 16 which is driven in the manner yet to be described to alternately raise and lower the rod 12 to siinilarly move the support 6 and the shuttle carriage 10.

One end of the carriage 10 is forked, and the shuttle 11 is loosely received between the arms 17 of the forl{,said shuttlevbeing by preference of the cylindrical shape shown,

with conical ends. As will hereinafter appear, it is necessary to provide means for first hlding one end of the shuttle 11, and then releasingsaid end while gripping the other end, in order to permit the shuttle to pass entirely across the body thread For obtaining this result,the shuttle holding means shownis preferable, this means con resisting ofa pairof levers 18. fulcrumed be` tween their ends at 19 to the' fork arms 17,

Fig. '37 is a transverse section on the plane" said levershaving inwardly extending plugs '20 on opposite sides of their fulcruins and receivable in sockets or slots 21 with whichthe ends'of the shuttle 11 areprovided (see -Figs426 to 31, 36 and 37). To prevent the 4.thread B from catching on the plugs 20, y thread guards 22 by preference extend-from f the levers 18 on' opposite'sides of said plugs and bear againstthe shuttle as shown most clearly in Fig. 37.v A coiled lspring 23 con-` nects the inner'endsfof the levers 18 and normally retains the rearmostl shuttleholding means inoperative position (see 141g. 1),

but by the means new to be described, saidl levers inlay be rocked vagainst the tension of thel spring in question to apply the front holding means to use.

A longitudinal arm. 24 is pivoted at 25 to the carriage 10 and rests at its front end upon the inncr'end of the lowerinost lever 18, while an actuating lever 26 bears against the inner end of the upper lever .18 and is fulcrumed at 27 to the carriage plate, the

vrear end of said actuating lever having a depending shouldered lug 28 whose shoulder rests on the arm 24:, and an upstanding lug or strike 29 coperating with a fixed trip plate 30 secured to the f ront end of the supf port .6 (see for instance Fig. 9). By this I arrangement, when the carriage 10 is forced forwardly, the strike 29 comes in Contact preferably employ a vertical throw lever 31 having its upper end received between rollers or the like 32 carried on the carriage,

while the lower end of said lever is ful-l cruined to' a suitable part, such as one of the legs 2. A pitinan 33 connects lever 31 with a crank arm 34 on a' transverse shaft 35,

anda train of gearing 3G is provided for driving the shaft 37- of the drum 16, from said shaft 35, at half the speed of the latter. Shaft 35 i'spreferably provided with a hand wheel 38 for'initially setting the machine before running under power, and said shaft is also equipped with tight and'loose pulleys A 39and a belt l0 which may be provided with a belt shifter Ll1 as shown. rThis driving means is by preference followed, but it will beoobvious that any means could well be employed for obtaining the saine results.

For supporting and feeding the body thread B, any preferred means could of course be utilizid, andthe drawings are typical of one manner in which this may be'attained. A spool o r reel 42 is mount release ed on the upper end of a standard 43 rising from the table 1, suitable tension means 44 being provided to prevent rapid rotation of the spool. A drum 45 is supported by a suitable standard 46 risin from the table and is intermittently fed lley the means to be described. The body thread, and in fact the thread looped thereon, in other words the complete braid, is wound one or more times around the drum '45, depends therefrom, and is provided with a weight 47 to hold the thread B taut. By means of suitable gearing 48, the upper end of a vertical shaft 49 is connected with the drum 45, the lower end of said shaft having a ratchet 50 coacting with the adjustable nose 51 of a reeiprocating dog 52 mounted on the table 1 and pro vided with a lateral finger 53 disposed in the path oi1 the throw lever 31,. whereby each forward stroke of said lever will not only shift the carriage 10 forwardly, but will. so move the dog as to feed the braid suiliciently to expose a new length of the body thread B for the formation of' loops thereon. A spring is provided for returning dog 52 after each forward movement thereof.'

The shuttle 11 in moving to and fro across the body thread B in the manner above mentioned, loops the shuttle thread S around said body thread, and in order that the several loops may be interlooped, a pair of vertically swinging thread manipulating arms 55 and 55' are provided, the free ends of said arms having erotches 56 and 56' for engaging with the thread S. The shape and mounting or the arms 55 and 55" are shown more particularly in Figs. 32, 33, 34 and 35, while their manner of operation is illustrated in other views. are pivoted at 57 and 57' respectively to supports in the form of bell crank levers 58 and 58', said levers being fulerumed at 59 and 59 to supporting blocks or the like 60 and 60" carried by the'table 1. Fulcrumed between its ends on the fulcrum 59 ot lever 58, is a short horizontal lever 61, one end of this lever being;1 connected by a vertical link 62 with the inner end of arm 55; and auf other short horizontal lever 61' is fulcrumed at one end upon the fulcrum 59' of the lever 58', a link 62' extending from said lever 61' to arm 55. Vertical actuating linlrs 63 are pivoted to and depend Jfrom the levers 58, 58" 61, and 61'-, the lower ends of all ot said links being connected to rocker arms 64 vhaving;i rollers 65 to travel onactuating cams carried by the drum 16, these cams being shaped according to the work'to be accomplished. series of springs 66 are employed to normally move the rocker arms 64 downwardly t0 en-' gage the rollers 65 thereof effectively with the cams.

`For the, construction andA arrangement ot the earns see more particularly Figs. 19 to 24. The cam for operating the lever 58 through The arms in questionv the instrumentality of the connections above described, is designated at 67 and is detailed in Fig. 21; the cani for link 62 is illustrated at 68 and its precise shape is disclosed in Fig. 22; the cam of lever 62 is detailed at 69 in Fig. 23; that for operating link 58' is disclosed at 70 (see Fig. 23) and the shape of cam 15 above described, is disclosed most clearly in Fig. 20, in which the relation of lthe several cams, disposed one behind the other, is also shown.

A description of the shuttle 11, reference being had more particularly to Figs. 26 to 31, will complete the detailed description of the machine, after which an exposition of its operation will follow. The shuttle is of hollow formation with a bobbin spindle therein carrying abobbin 76 -from which the shuttle thread S is unwound, said thread passingthrough, suitable guide openings 77 in the side of the shuttle and than through a guide tube 78 carried, by one removable end 79. A bayonet slot and pin connection 80 isprovided for retaining the end 79 in place, and when'said end is removed, the bobbin may be removed, or replaced as required. VVhen the end 7 E) is in place.thc bobbin 76 is held under sufficient friction to control the nnwinding of the thread S by means or1 a coiled spring 81. Preferably, but not necessarily, an opening 82 is formed through the shuttle end 79 tor the reception o't a suitable tool, whereby said end may be more easily turned to release the connection 80. The type oi shuttle shown and described is by preference employed, but other terms could well be used should occasion so demand'.

rlllie operation of the machine is as follows:

l/Ve will assume that the machine stands as shown in Fig. 1, that of the braid has been formed upon the body thread B, andthat the shuttle thread S is in the crotch 56 ot the arm 55. lvVhen the arm stands in the position shown. the carriage support 6 is in horizontal position and the carriage l() is fully retracted. "it will also Vbe. observed that shuttle l1 is held by the innermost plugs 2G. `l/lfhcn lever 31 new operates, the carriage 10 moves forwardly to the position ot Fig. 7 to locate the body thread B between the upper .lcverand the front end of the shuttle 1l, the holding means ot said bobhin and the position ot' the support 6, still remaining thc same, as does also the arm 55, the other arm 55' remaining idle also and now performing no operation upon the thread S. the carriage 10 causes the strike 27 to` abut the trip C30 see Fig. 9) and at the same time,

the Cain l5 has come into play to raise 'the'.y The moment. strike 27 and trip support 6.

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Still further movement of 30 come in contact the lovers 18 are reversed, 1

7 to grip the front end of the shuttle instead Y,

of the rear end thereof, the change'talring l place when the body thread B -is located bel place, the crank 34 'is in position to returntween the front and rear shuttle holding means. It will thus be obvious that thel shuttle can travel forwardly beyond the body thread without engaging the same and bowing it, yand consequently there is no danger of breaking said thread. The raising of .the support 6 to the position shown in Fig. -9, does not take place until after the shuttle has passed forwardly beyond the body thread, andfby the time this raising takes the throw lever 31 to similarly return Vthe vcarriage 10 to move the shuttle 11 back through the loop L formed' by the thread manipulating arm 55 (see Fig. 11), said 'arm having in the meantime lowered clear ofsaid'loop." Return of the shuttle 11 over the body thread B and through the loop L prol-duces the result depicted 4in Fig. 11, and the therethrough.

arm 55 now moves suddenly forward as Will l'be clear from Figs. 11 and .13, .pushing the 'l 4thread S laterallyto-tighten'ithe loop. As

"thev carriage l() now again moves forwardly, with the support 6 still in an inclined position, (see Fig. 15)- arm 55 moves down-f wardly,l forms a loop L' ofthe shuttle thread S and releases this loop'. The shuttle then passes over the body thread, the interchange of the arms 1S ta position of Fig.- 17, in oves1 rearwardly i through theloop L as showni'n Fig. 18, the` interchange ofthe levers 18 again occurring,

and thusfformsfanother loop on the body .thread B, said loop being interlooped with `the loop previously formed. By this time,

arm is again ready to operate to raise the shuttle thread lto the positionv depicted in Fig. 1-thus completing one cycle of opera# tion; The -successivegcycles .are'the same and obviously need not be described. From`4 the operations above set forth, itl will 4' beseen that a chain or braid of loops L and L Ais formed, these lbops being passed around the `bodythrcad B and. inter-loo ed (see Fig. 25).A Itis intended' that longitufA dinallyspacial points of this chain or .braid shall. be connected to form the rings-ofthe tatting. butthese rings .shall-beconnected,v

- and in ,fact that the'chain or braid in question shall be' used to form all sorts of tattingi dcsigns--suchas Athose no-W carried out vby hand. This may all be done by-machine operations forming no partv ofthe present invention.

From.the'foregoing, taken in connection v.with the accompanying drawings, it will be vseen'tlmt although I'have produced a simple and inexpensive machine, it will be highly etlicient and'dluabl'e', and will require little attention. I Sinre'good results have been obtained from the arrangement shown and described, this arrangement'may well be foling .place as abovesetA `forth, is lowered by the support 6 tothe lshuttle.

I lowed, .but I wish itlunderstood` that I haye illustrated only one of the many-Ways in which the machine may be constructed,'and that I'amnot restricted to the exact details shown.v .f Ielaimf -7o l. In amachine for forming tatting braid, means for supporting a body thread, means for carrying Aan additional thread around said body thread, and means for looping said additional thread and disposing the loops in l position for saidcarrying means to pass ,1

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thereof and movable. reversely across.'said 9 0 i' body' thread at the other side thereof' to- .loop the 'shuttle threadaround said body' thread, and thread manipulating means for s looping.' thel shuttle thread in the path of said 95 4. In a machine for forming tattingbraid,

the combinationvof means for. supporting a body thread, means for carrying a second thread to and fro across said body thread,

'means for relatively shifting vsaid body 100 thread and said carryingmeans to loop said second thread around said body thread, and thread manipulating means coperating with said' thread. carrying means for interlooping the loops of said'second thread. i

a body-thread, a thread carrying shuttle,

means for advancing and returning said i, shuttle across said body thread, thread-ma'- 110W nipulating means for looping the shuttle threadin the vpath of the shuttle, and means for shifting-said, shiitt'le/ and bodythread relativelybe/tiveen strokes vto loop said shuttle thread around said bod'ythread.

6. In a machinefor forming tatting braid, thecmbination of'means for 'supporting a body thread, a thread carrying shuttle, means for moving said shuttle to and fr0 across said body thread, including holding means for both ends` ofthe shuttle'and means for alternately applying said holding 'means to permit free passage of said shuttle past said body thread, Vmeans for shifting v said shuttle and said body thread relatively to loop .the shuttle. thread around the latter, and means for looping,v said shuttle thread in the ,path of said shuttle.

, .105 5.Ina machine forformingtatting braid, [the combination of means for supporting port, means t'or moving 7. in a machine for forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting a body thread, a movable support adjacent said thread, a shuttle carriage mounted ou said support, a thread carrying' shuttle mounted on said carriage, means for operating' said carriage to move said shuttle to and Jfro across said body thread, means for Shifting Said Support at an angle to the movement of said carriage toloop the shuttle thread around said body thread, and means for looping said shuttle thread in the path of said shuttle.

8. In a machine for forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting a body thread, a movable support adjacent said thread, a carriage mounted on said supsaid carriage to and fro at an anglev to the movement oi' said Support, a thread carrying shuttle, holding means `for loothcnds of said shuttle mounted on said carriage, means tor alternately `applying said holding means to opposite ends of the shuttle to permit tree passage of thev latter across said body thread, means for shifting said support between strokes otI said carriage to loop the shuttle thread around said body thread, and vmeans for looping said shuttle threadinthe path of the shuttle. l

9. ina machine for forming tatting braid, the combination `of means for supporting a body thread, a support moi'inted pivotally ivithits free end adjacent said body thread, a carriage mounted for longitudinal Sliding on said support, a thread carrying' shuttle on theend of said earriaee adjacent said body thread, means for sliding said carriage' to move said shuttle to and tro across said bo'dy thread, means for rocking,lr said support yupon its pivot to loop the shuttle thread around said b`0dy thread, and n'ieans for looping, said shuttle thread in the path of said shuttle.

braid, the combination of a thread carrying shuttle adapted to carry its thread across one side of a body thread and back across the.

other side thereof to loop said shuttle thread around said body thread, a moving' member 3 for actuating said shuttle,V holding' means of levers iulcrumed to said moving member and receiving said shuttle therebetween,

l0. in a machine 'for forming tat-tingshnttle holding means on said levers at ognposite sides of their iulcrums, and means iler rocking said levers to alternately hold and releasey each end of said shuttle.

l2. ln a machine for formi braid, the combination o a thread shuttle adapted to carry its thread aci onb side of a body thread and baci; across other side thereof to loop said shuttle tl around said body thread, a moving nieml r for actuating said shuttle, a reiatively lsupport on which said moving member io mounted, a pair of levers iulcrumed to saidv member for actuating said shuttle, a relal tively fixed support on which said 'moving member is mounted, a pair levers in? crumed to said nflovingl member and reeeiving said shuttle therebet veen, shuttle hold ing means: on said levers on opposite sides. oi' their fulcrums, an arm pivoted said moving member and engaging the inner end of one of said pair ot' levers, an actuating; lever lulcrulned to said moving member engaging the inner end ol the other of said pair of levers, lateral projections on said actuating lever, one or' said projections en gagging-said arm, and a trip mounted on said support to .strike the, other projection and actuate said actuating lever.

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1d. ln a machine for forming :batting:

braid, the combination ol thread carrying shuttle adapted to carry th 'cad across one Side of body thread and back across other side thereof to loc-p said shuttle thread around said body thread, moving member for actuating said shuttle. front and rear or' shuttle holding detenta mounted on said moving men'lber, said shuttle lawineq means to engage said detents, and means for alter-- nately applying the two sets of detente.

l5. ln a machine for.` harming tatting' raid, the combination ot a thread carrying shuttle adapted to carry its `thread across one side of a `body thread and bachacross the other side thereolE to leop said shuttle thread around said body thread,l a. moving member for actuating said shuttle, front and rear sets ot' shuttle holding; plugsisaid shuttle havingV .sockets to receive said obige,

carrying means for said plugs, thre, i guardo able across said body thread at one side extending from said carryin means onopposite sides of said plugs, a'nc means for operating said carrying means to alternately move the twosets of plugs tooperative position,

16. In a machine for forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting a body thread, aA thread carrying shuttle movthereof and movable reversely acrosssaid body thread at the other side thereof to loopl the shuttle thread around said bodyv thread, a thread manipulating arm, andmeans for operating said arm to loop said shuttle thread in thepath of said shuttle.

17. ln a machine for. 'forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting. a body thread, a thread carrying shuttle movable across said body thread at one side thereof and movable reversely across said body threadvat the other side thereof t0 loop the shuttle thread around said body thread,a thread manipulating arm, a movable support for said arm, means for moving said support, and means for moving said arm in respect to said support, whereby to loop the shuttle thread in vthe path 'of the shuttle.

18. In a machine for forming tatting i braid, the combination'of means for supporting a body thread, a thread carrying'shuttle movable across said body thread at'one side thereof and movable reversely across said body thread at the` other side thereof, to looj the shuttle thread around saidvbodythrea a thread manipulating arm, amovablc sup- I port uponvvhich said arm is Ipivoted, means for moving said support, and means 'for moving said arm on itspivot, whereby to loo the shuttle thread in the pathv of the shuttle. 19. In a machine for forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting a body thread, a thread carrying shuttle movable across said body 'threadl at one side thereof and movable reversely across saidv bra-id, the combination of means for. supporting a body thread, a thread carrying shuttle movable across said body 'thread at one side thereof and movable reversely across said body thread at the other side" thereof to loop the shiittle thread :round said bodythread, a thread manipulating arm, a pivoted support on which said arm said support upon its pivot, and means for swinging said" arm on its pivot, whereby toshuttle thread the'pat-h ofthe vporting a I b'ody'thread, athread Vcarrying shuttle movable across said body thread atv one side thereof `and movablereversely across -said body'thread at the'other side thereof to loop the -shuttle thread aroundl said fbody i thread, a thread manipulatingarm, a. lever to which said, arm is p'ivo'ted, a second lever fulcrumed'adjacent the fulcrum .of said .first l named lever, a link connecting said arm and said second lever, land meansv for operating said leversto cause said arm to loop the shuttle threadl inthe path. of the shuttle.

221m? a machine for forming tatting braid, thecombination of means for. supporting a body thread, a thread carrying shuttle movable across said body' thread at onesido thereof and. movable reversely across said body thread at the other sidev thereof'to loop I the shuttlethread'around said body thread,

and apair of thread manipulating.armsfor f alternately moving the shuttle thread in .dif-v ferent directions and looping it in the path of the shuttle.

23.' InV .a 'v machine for braid, a table, means for supporting a'body threadv over said table, 'a thread 'carrying a4shuttle,` a carriage -forsai'd shuttle, means for reciprocating said carriage 'horizontallyto pass said shuttle to andro across said body i thread, a bracket rising from said table'. a support for saidv carriage; pivoted toV said bracket for'vertical swinging-means 4for alternately 'tilting saidv carriage support up- Wardly and downwardly to' cause said shutsaid thread, a thread manipulating arm suptle to travel lacross the lbodythread at one side thereof and return on the other 'side of,

ported vby said table for looping thev shuttle erating means for'said'armi-` 24. In aniachme forjformmg thread inthe path Iof the shuttle, and 'op-l thread over said table,Y a threadcarrying shuttle, a'shuttle carriagehaving a forked the fork arms, apair of levers fulerumedto means f orl reciprocating s'a'idl 'carriage l to move said shuttle to and fro across said 12e` vbodythread, coacting .means on .said vcarria ge and carriage .support for rocking' said leversV to alternately applythe front and're'ar shut# 4tle holding means, 'means for alternately raising and lowering said carriagev support to pass the ,shuttle alternately over and vunis pivotally mounted, means for rocking-- der the body thread, 1.a thread manipulating'.

rinata@ shuttle thread in the path of the shuttle, and means for operating said arm.

25. In a machine for forming tatting braid, the combination of means for supporting and guiding a body thread, means including a shuttle for looping thread on said body thread, feed means for said body thread and the looped thread thereon, and means synchronized with said shuttle for operating 1 said feed means.

26. In a machine for forming tattiug braid, the combination of means for supporting and guiding a body thread, means including a, shuttle for looping thread on said body thread, a throw lever for actuating said shuttle, 'feed means for said body thread and the looped thread thereon, and an operating member for said feed means located in the path of said throw lever to be actua-ted by the latter.

27. In a machine for forming tatting braid, vthe combination of means for supporting and guiding a body thread, means including a shuttle for looping thread on said body thread, a throw lever for actuating said shuttle, feed means for said body thread and the looped thread thereon, a ratchet operatively associated with said feed Ameans, and a dog in the path of said throw lever to be actuated by the latter to operate said ratchet.

28. In a machine for forming tmtting braid, the combination of a thread carrying;` shuttle adapted to travel across a body thread at one side thereof and to return at the other side of said thread to loop the shuttle thread around said body thread, a shuttle carriage, means for reciprocating said carriage to move the shuttle to and fro across the body thread, shuttle holding means at' spaced points on said carriage, a striker on said carriage and a fixed member correctingg therewith to alternately apply said two holding means, a pivoted support on which said carriage is slidably mounted, means for alternately raising and loweringsaid support to direct the shuttle on opposite sides of the body thread, and thread manipulating arms for looping the thread alternately in the two shuttle paths. i

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set my hand.

HARRY H. WEST. 

